Supply / Material Planner

General Overview

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Career Stream: Planning & Inventory (SCM_PNIV)
Role: Specialist
Job Title: Inventory Specialist
Job Code: SPE-SCM-INV
Band: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Detailed Description

• Captures, coordinates, and reports inventory for the business unit.
• Implements strategies to achieve material plans.
• Provides guidance to planners on planning practices and data integrity.
• Initiates, develops, and leads projects to control inventory and achieve inventory plan.
• Analyzes material plans and makes recommendations on inventory levels.
• Produces weekly reports to forecast and track inventory.
• Balances inventory results with financial records.
• Tracks inventory issues and assists team members in understanding and resolving issues.
• Controls and monitors surplus inventory, assists in implementing action plans.
• Supports physical inventory count process.
• Captures surplus parts and coordinates their distribution to other sites.
• Responsible for negotiating with brokers to sell surplus parts.
• Initiates the scrapping of surplus parts ensuring compliance with Celestica procedures.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Good knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, the product build process, the types of materials being purchased by the department, and the engineering change process.
• Good knowledge of inventory management, production planning, scheduling, material requirements planning, and manufacturing control systems.
• Knowledge of computer applications and the ability to accurately perform tasks in relevant business applications.
• Good analytical and statistical skills.
• Good negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize, and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Typical Experience

• Two to four years relevant experience.

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Business or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Notes

• This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.